I’m in Orlando this week, teaching a series of sessions on Free and Low-Cost Social Media Tools. Ordinarily I remote in to my computer at the office using Live Mesh from Microsoft, but the software is misbehaving.
So I returned to an old standby, LogMeIn. I abandoned LogMeIn because it didn’t have all the cool features that Live Mesh does, most notably that I can store the files I need on the road in Live Mesh folders, so when I update them on either computer, all copies of the files are updated. Plus, Live Mesh lets you drag and drop files across the computers, and LogMeIn makes you upgrade to the Pro version for that.
But I just tried LogMeIn again, and I am impressed. I can’t do the file sharing, but now LogMeIn allows me to copy something on one computer and paste it to the other, so I can copy a whole file to transfer. Plus, I use multiple monitors on my desktop, and LogMeIn lets me switch between them with the click of a button.
The biggest thing I like about it today is that it works, and, of course, it’s free. The professional version is quite reasonably priced as well ($70 a year for one computer), plus they have other services such as backup.
LogMeIn – Remote Access and Desktop Control Software for Your Computer.
LogMeIn is a nice tool, but the Free version is very limited in terms of functionality and the “paid” versions are waaay too expensive. I use a tool called Techinline (http://www.techinline.com) which I consider to be the best combination of price and performance out there. It’s designed mainly for small businesses such as mine and although it does not have all of the features of LMI Rescue, it’s more than enough for the everyday user such as myself